By NATION REPORTER THE Advocates for National Development and Democracy (ANDD) has allayed fears that Vedanta Resources has no financial muscle to run Konkola Copper Mines (KCM). ANDD executive director Samuel Banda said the delay by the investor to take up operations at the giant mine was due to the prolonged transition process. Mr Banda said they were confident that Vedanta would do a good job at KCM once the transition process was concluded. “We are keenly following the misinformation going around regarding the continued delay for Vedanta to take full control of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM ..read more

By NATION REPORTER ZAMBIANS must take advantage of various empowerment schemes that the new dawn administration has rolled out particularly in the agriculture sector, says Small and Medium Enterprise Development Minister Elias Mubanga. Mr. Mubanga said President Hakainde Hichilema’s administration has deliberately put aside resources to empower citizens in a bid to grow the country’s micro and macro economy by getting citizens involved. He encouraged citizens, particularly in the northern region, to seize the opportunity by applying for the available empowerment opportunities to contribute to ..read more

By NATION  REPORTER THE founding father of Zambia Dr. Kenneth Kaunda must be weeping in his grave when he sees how most Zambians living in abject poverty, former President Edgar Lungu has said. In a national address yesterday, President Lungu said the first President’s anguish over Zambia´s poverty predicament is compounded by the wanton rising abuse of human rights and deteriorating rule of law. “Dr. Kaunda is weeping from his grave today when he sees the country he helped found face abject poverty and wanton abuse of human rights,” he said. The former Head of State said  Zambians t ..read more

By NATION REPORTER A LOCAL Government Service Commission senior official has been accused of having fraudulently received more than K34, 000 as allowances for workshops he never attended, a trail of documents has disclosed. Documents made available to the Daily Nation reveal that the named senior official has also been accused of abusing his office by paying himself allowances amounting to K33, 296. 54 for workshops held within Lusaka at the Lusaka City Council Hall. Lusaka City Council whistleblowers are now demanding that the said senior officer should have his contract immediately terminate ..read more

By NATION REPORTER FRANK Bwalya has undermined Zambians’ intelligence by saying UPND is a pro-poor political party, Edwin Lifwekelo, the Patriotic Front media director has said. Mr Lifwekelo joins other voices like that of Mr Brian Hapunda of the Socialist Party who have condemned Mr Bwalya for claiming that UPND was not a capitalist but a “poor people’s party. “Insinuating that UPND is a pro-poor party is not only mischievous but tantamount to undermining the intelligence of the Zambians CLICK TO READ MORE ..read more

By MICHAEL MIYOBA THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has called on its members to be calm after its annual general meeting was postponed indefinitely following a sustained court order. FAZ General Secretary Reuben Kamanga said the association would communicate on the next step after the meeting was halted. High Court Judge Greenwell Malumani threw out the FAZ application to discharge the injunction filed by banned football administrator Damiano Mutale and journalist Mabvuto Phiri. Judge Malumani had set April 27, 2024, as the date for inter-parte hearing CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ..read more

By MUBANGA LUCHEMBE THE prestigious 2024 Kuomboka traditional ceremony that took place last weekend could have ostensibly been thrown into chaos as President Hakainde Hichilema also decided to attend the ceremony that was expected to be graced by the Mwinelubemba, the Paramount Chief Chitimukulu whom the Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE) had earlier invited as its guest of honour. In what turned to be melodramatic following the announcement by the UPND government that President Hichilema was also planning to travel to Barotseland for the Kuomboka ceremony, the BRE bigwigs distanced themselves ..read more

By GRACE CHAILE ZESCO Limited has taken Zambia Electrometer Limited to the High Court, demanding over K46 million, being funds lent to the defendant to pay its employees’ salaries and settle other expenses. Zesco, which owns 40 percent shares in Zambia Electrometer Limited, claims it released funds in the total of K46, 428, 429 as the latter was faced with financial difficulties. It also stated in a statement of claim filed at the Lusaka High Court, that Zambia Electrometer Limited requested for financial assistance on a regular basis between 2020 and 2022, to meet some of its operating expens ..read more

By GRACE CHAILE RONALD Chitotela has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes’ Court to stay execution of the judgement pending determination of the application to set aside writ of fieri facias obtained by Azadi Investment Limited, to grab his goods and chattels to recover the K5.9 million debt. In a judgement dated January 9, 2023, Mr Chitotela was ordered to pay K6.5 million owed to Azadi Investment Limited, a construction company he hired to build his residential house situated at property no. CHONG/LN_21188/51, Chongwe district, at a cost of K9.5 million. On April 19, this year, Azadi Inve ..read more

By Nation Reporter FRANK Bwalya, the media director general of the UPND has said the governing party is a pro-poor political organisation contrary to beliefs and assertions that it is capitalist and for the rich. But the Socialist Party (SP) laughed off Mr Bwalya’s statement and described UPND as a capitalist party with interests of the bourgeoisie. Mr Bwalya stated in a write up yesterday that the character and ideology of UPND was guided by a people-centered and pro-poor development strategy that guaranteed the availability of basic needs of all Zambians. “The main focus of the UPND is to cr ..read more